Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico
Establishing a robust One Health (OH) governance is essential for ensuring effective coordination and collaboration among human, animal, and environmental health sectors to prevent and address complex health challenges like zoonoses or antimicrobial resistance. This study conducted a mixed-methods e...
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| author | Jennifer Hegewisch-Taylor Anahí Dreser Alondra Coral Aragón-Gama María Antonieta Moreno-Reynosa Celso Ramos Garcia Arne Ruckert Ronald Labonté |
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| description | Establishing a robust One Health (OH) governance is essential for ensuring effective coordination and collaboration among human, animal, and environmental health sectors to prevent and address complex health challenges like zoonoses or antimicrobial resistance. This study conducted a mixed-methods environmental scan to assess to what extent Mexico displays a OH governance and identify opportunities for improvement. Through documentary analysis, the study mapped OH national-level governance elements: infrastructure, multi-level regulations, leadership, multi-coordination mechanisms (MCMs), and financial and OH-trained human resources. Key informant interviews provided insights into enablers, barriers, and recommendations to enhance a OH governance. Findings reveal that Mexico has sector-specific governance elements: institutions, surveillance systems and laboratories, laws, and policies. However, the absence of a OH governmental body poses a challenge. Identified barriers include implementation challenges, non-harmonised legal frameworks, and limited intersectoral information exchange. Enablers include formal and ad hoc MCMs, OH-oriented policies, and educational initiatives. Like other middle-income countries in the region, institutionalising a OH governance in Mexico, may require a OH-specific framework and governing body, infrastructure rearrangements, and policy harmonisation. Strengthening coordination mechanisms, training OH professionals, and ensuring data-sharing surveillance systems are essential steps toward successful implementation, with adequate funding being a relevant factor. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8feac0f2ac64a05b80fa25cc6cb7bd22024-12-03T19:27:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Public Health1744-16921744-17062024-12-0119110.1080/17441692.2024.2377259Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in MexicoJennifer Hegewisch-Taylor0Anahí Dreser1Alondra Coral Aragón-Gama2María Antonieta Moreno-Reynosa3Celso Ramos Garcia4Arne Ruckert5Ronald Labonté6Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, MexicoCenter for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, MexicoInternational Organization for Migration, Mexico City, MexicoNational Laboratory of Sustainability Sciences, Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, MexicoCenter for Infectious Diseases Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, MexicoSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaEstablishing a robust One Health (OH) governance is essential for ensuring effective coordination and collaboration among human, animal, and environmental health sectors to prevent and address complex health challenges like zoonoses or antimicrobial resistance. This study conducted a mixed-methods environmental scan to assess to what extent Mexico displays a OH governance and identify opportunities for improvement. Through documentary analysis, the study mapped OH national-level governance elements: infrastructure, multi-level regulations, leadership, multi-coordination mechanisms (MCMs), and financial and OH-trained human resources. Key informant interviews provided insights into enablers, barriers, and recommendations to enhance a OH governance. Findings reveal that Mexico has sector-specific governance elements: institutions, surveillance systems and laboratories, laws, and policies. However, the absence of a OH governmental body poses a challenge. Identified barriers include implementation challenges, non-harmonised legal frameworks, and limited intersectoral information exchange. Enablers include formal and ad hoc MCMs, OH-oriented policies, and educational initiatives. Like other middle-income countries in the region, institutionalising a OH governance in Mexico, may require a OH-specific framework and governing body, infrastructure rearrangements, and policy harmonisation. Strengthening coordination mechanisms, training OH professionals, and ensuring data-sharing surveillance systems are essential steps toward successful implementation, with adequate funding being a relevant factor.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17441692.2024.2377259One healthgovernanceintersectoral collaborationhealth policyMexicoSDG 3: Good health and well-being |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Hegewisch-Taylor Anahí Dreser Alondra Coral Aragón-Gama María Antonieta Moreno-Reynosa Celso Ramos Garcia Arne Ruckert Ronald Labonté Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico Global Public Health One health governance intersectoral collaboration health policy Mexico SDG 3: Good health and well-being |
| title | Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico |
| title_full | Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico |
| title_short | Analyzing One Health governance and implementation challenges in Mexico |
| title_sort | analyzing one health governance and implementation challenges in mexico |
| topic | One health governance intersectoral collaboration health policy Mexico SDG 3: Good health and well-being |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17441692.2024.2377259 |
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